The exclusion of people from the normal exchanges, practices and rights of society because individuals or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown. Engagement in cultural activities can help to combat social exclusion.(See also cultural exclusion.)
Shorthand term for what can happen when people or areas suffer from a combination of problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low income, bad housing, high crime, poor health or lack of transport or access.
The term used to describe people or areas that suffer from a combination of linked problems like unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime , bad health and family breakdown.
A social condition characterised by pervasive exclusion from social and civil rights, usually triggered by an initial lack of access to basic supports, such as education, employment or housing, but which tends to become total and endemic.
Is a shorthand term for what can happen when individual or areas suffer from a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown. It can also have a wider meaning, which encompasses the exclusion of people from the normal exchanges, practices and rights of society.
This term describes the problem of certain groups which are excluded from the mainstream of society due to their socio-economic circumstances.
The term used to describe people or areas that suffer from multiple disadvantage, e.g. in areas of unemployment, high crime, low incomes and poor housing.
This is what can happen when a combination of linked problems such as unemployment, poor skills, low incomes, unfair discrimination, poor housing, high crime environments, bad health and family breakdown lead to people or places being excluded from the outcomes and opportunities enjoyed by mainstream society. There are other definitions of social exclusion but this is the one used by the Social Exclusion Unit.
Left out of society, or prevented from entering into it, or alienated
The process whereby certain groups are pushed to the margins of society and prevented from participating fully by virtue of their poverty, low education or inadequate lifeskills. This distances them from job, income and education opportunities as well as social and community networks. They have little access to power and decision-making bodies and little chance of influencing decisions or policies that affect them, and little chance of bettering their standard of living.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister states that social exclusion occurs when people or places suffer from a series of problems such as unemployment, low income, poor skills, poor housing, high crime, ill health and family breakdowns. When these problems are combined together it can create a vicious circle.
A state of exclusion that can result from a combination of social disadvantages such as unemployment, ill health, high crime rates, poor housing, poor education etc.
Where individuals or groups are not able to participate fully in society because of unemployment, low skill levels, poverty, bad health, poor housing or other factors. Social Inclusion is about removing the barriers and factors which lead to exclusion so people can participate.
Social exclusion relates to the alienation or disenfranchisement of certain people within a society. It is often connected to a person's social class, educational status and living standards and how these might affect their access to various opportunities. It also applies to some degree to the disabled, to racial minorities, women and to the elderly.
